Seagate XT 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive Testing

Test System

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test
system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the
desktop with no other software programs running. The Intel Core i7 test
system was run in dual-channel memory mode at 1333MHz with 8-8-8-24
memory timings. The ASUS P7P55D-E Premium motherboard was run with BIOS 0106.

A Corsair P64 SSD was the ‘boot drive’ for the test system and the Seagate XT 2TB drive was used as a secondary drive that could be moved between the two SATA headers that would be tested. Each header was connected to a different controller, so: